Cooking with Kids

Kyler and I took a free cooking with kids class. OHMShosts some free community cooking classes all the ask for is some donated food goods for the local food pantry. Our class was Healthy Snacks for after school.

Kyler seemed to enjoy it even if it was mostly prep work.

We made 4 out of the 5 Snacks they shared with the class.

VEGGIE “SUSHI” SANDWICHES
8 oz low fat cream cheese, room temperature
½ cup low fat sour cream
½ teaspoon garlic salt
sandwich bread, flattened with a rolling pin
carrots, cut into ¼ inch sticks
cucumbers, cut into ¼ inch sticks

Mix together cream cheese, sour cream, and garlic salt. Spread mixture on each piece of bread to lightly coat one side. Place a few pieces of carrot and cucumber at one end of each slice of bread. Roll up and press gently to seal. Cut crosswise into one inch thick slices.

GRAHAM CRACKER SANDWICHES
graham crackers
peanut butter
thinly sliced apples
honey

Spread each graham cracker with enough peanut butter to evenly coat. Top half of graham crackers with apple slices. Drizzle apples with a little honey. Top with another graham cracker, peanut butter side down.

RICE CAKE SANDWICHES
fat free cottage cheese
low fat ranch dressing
mini rice cakes

Mix together cottage cheese and ranch dressing to taste. Put a small scoop of filling between two mini rice cakes. Try using different flavors of rice cakes (white cheddar would be good). Finely chopped fresh veggies (like broccoli, carrots, celery, bell peppers…) can be added to the cottage cheese.


PRETZEL FISH
low fat cream cheese, room temperature
mini pretzels
dried apricots
mini chocolate chips

Place softened cream cheese in a zip lock bag and cut one of the corners (just a small opening). Squeeze a little out onto a dried apricot. Use the cream cheese as glue to attach a small pretzel (see demonstration). Turn over. Squeeze out a small amount of cream cheese for an eye and place a mini chocolate chip in the center.

FRUIT WITH YOGURT DIP
2 cups low fat vanilla yogurt
2 tablespoons honey
½ cup finely chopped almonds
Assorted fresh fruit (strawberries, apple slices, banana slices, grapes, pear slices, blueberries on toothpicks...)

Mix together yogurt, honey, and almonds. Serve with fresh fruit.

Kyler's favorite was the Fruit with Yogurt dip. Mine was the yummy cream cheese dip made for the veggie Sushi sandwiches.

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Hi Dan

A tour of the lllnios Valley ...

Dan drug me to the snow yesterday. He had been trying to go all winter but for one reason or another we couldn't go. So now in almost the middle of April we made it.

We tried out a new to us sledding spot on Page Mountain in Cave Junction/Takilma area. We usually go to Union Creek. It was nice they had nice log buildings to hang out in and there were only 4 other family's up there the entire time we were there.They even have bigger cabin building at the bottom with a wood stove.

Kyler tired out his Snowboard that Dan got him, we all took turns going down the hill on the sled and of course threw a lot of snow balls. I took a whole lot of pictures....

Needless to say we were a little pooped.

So we headed into Cave Junction and ate at Taylor's Sausage, mmmmm..... yummy.... While were there I was looking at a pamphlet on the table and found a Scrapbook store listed. My lovely husband let me go and check it out while they waited in the car.

Then we stopped at a Burl Store.

There was a ton of stuff to look at outside and the items inside were so interesting and beautiful.

The last stop was Lake Selmac where Dan took Kyler to the park while I looked at my new scrapbook goodies.

Gone...

It finally fell out on Thursday at Jay's house. The tooth behind it is already making its way up and forward. He put the tooth under his pillow that night and the tooth fairy left a glitter trail from his window to his bed. And for that first tooth he got a whopping 5 dollars. That won't be the standard price for the rest of them but this one was special. The money is already in his piggy bank for LegoLand.

Tag

I'm supposed to list 10 things that make me happy, 5 pieces of trivia about myself, and pass this along to five fellow bloggers to continue on the blog chain.

10 Things that make me HAPPY (not in any particular order or a complete list)
1. Paper
2. traveling
3. Dan working on the Scrappy Room
4. When the house is clean
5. naps
6. When I don't have to cook
7. blog comments :)
8. Kyler and his daily giggles that he brings
9. walking barefoot
10. that looks that my husband still give me after almost 13 years of being together

5 pieces of Trivia about myself (that you may or may not already know)
1. I died once.
2. I don't really like to be outside but I love to eat outside.
3. I am addicted to my iPod
4. I am a messy person
5. I used to be able to recite most of the movie Wayne's World

5 Lucky Ducks to carry on the chain
1. Lori
2. Pia
3. Fia
4. Val
5. Renee

A few pictures from Easter Sunday...

Pictures of Kyler

This is Kyler's wiggly tooth. Last Wednesday when Dan was flossing Kyler he noticed that this one was very wiggly. Sure enough he has another tooth coming in behind this one. This little tooth is still hanging in there.

Then on Thursday night Kyler got mail from Grandma and Grandpa for Easter. The boy loves getting mail.

 

Then of course we dyed eggs on Saturday...

I know not the best picture of us but believe it or not this was the best one out of the 10 Dan took.

The boy...

Kyler is watching the Lego Universe Trailer...

I say "Lego Universe again?"

Kyler says "That's what I talking about baby!"

Any guesses on what we are doing today?

oUCH!

This happened last weekend and by last week I mean the 20th... A little mishap riding with daddy on the mountain bike. Much better now but he still limps. We were starting to think maybe he broke it because her refused to walk on it for a couple of days. Dan took him to the doctor and it was not broken or fractured.

This weekend I got 3 scrapbook lo's done :)

 

 

2 posts one weekend :)

Here are a few scrapbooking Layouts I have made in recent time.

 

And here are my Scrappy Jo project for February. I got to work with the Basic Grey Sugar Rush line! Just Lovely paper. Bright and fun. 

 
 

  

  

  

 

hmmm...

We went up to visit my in-laws last weekend. Dan had injured his neck earlier in the week and was released from driving duty by his doctor.

We got the chance to finally exchange our Christmas gifts with them. Kyler got lots of Geotrax which he has spread all over my front room as I type. Dan and I got cash which we are saving for Legoland. We hope to make the trek down to Legoland in May or Sept.

Here is a picture of Kyler with his cousins Julia, Anna and Synthia.

Today is a beautiful day here in Southern Oregon. Dan and Kyler played outside for a while putting together a rocket that Grandpa gave Kyler. They also put up a tire swing.

I came out for a while and took Kyler's picture and watched the rocket launch. Sorry no pictures of the launch as it went way too fast. However if you want to see the rocket its hanging from a tree here, way up in the air, where I think it may be for awhile.

You poor blog!

I know you have been neglected. Left all alone with no one to even update you. So sad! And I don't even know if I can say that it will change.

I have been massively busy at work and at home. I mean to blog but for one reason or another it doesn't happen. I even have a slew of pictures ready to blog with! 

Lets see just a few highlights. Ruthie at work gave me a crystal growing set for Kyler. We have made only one so far but it was fun watching his excitement. And it came with the cutest mini safety glasses.

We have been playing a lot of rock band lately. Kyler will only do the drums and he thinks he is pretty darn good at them. We only have the Beatles edition, but lucky we have been able to borrow versions from Jay who has a ton.

We went to Coos Bay last weekend for Maci's 7th birthday. The kids and some of the adults did some Cosmic Bowling. Maci seemed to have a great party but was a little sad the next day when we went to the beach. 

This trip to Coos Bay was so much fun and the day at the beach was beautiful. 

 

 

 

After the beach we went to a Pizza place down on a dock with a park across the street. The park had an old Merry-go-round which we liked a lot. I even let my brother push me around on it.